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Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China

Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China
People's Liberation Army's Bayi Building in Beijing, China. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Biden to prioritize nuclear weapons strategic agreements in discussions with China, to include pushing for greater transparency and measures they say could avoid a potential arms race. In a letter to Biden ahead of his upcoming virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the co-chairs of the new Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group,…

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